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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [30r] (64/380)
The record is made up of 1 volume (188 folios). It was created in 11 May 1929-13 Jun 1932. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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dif out* * -^ell ^.ni thou atirt cultivation on the Suit-mi
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lancls for ns many years as they like.
The chief heads of State expenditure at
Gwadirr are;-
iionthly pay of Tali. ^
•• « • Naib -all, Pishkan.
*• " * Customs Mudir I <U-. ie 0 o
- w w Wall, Q.alat. (
« " M State dadhi and (lerk, I ^
*» * * Establishment of '^all* \
^ "of Customs . ulir.
\ ^ : _ H H I Wm
In several instances Gwadur merchants -iiile
returning froci Persian Balochistan to Gwadur via i ekraiii have
been charged iuty on currency coins "by the Mekran Cuntpms
Officials. Several merchants have heen able to substantiate
this allegation of theirs by documentary proofs. The matter
at this staf-e has been referred to the Kaib Ifaair * Assam of
»ran 'Itate to see Aether this procedure is in accordance
*rith Local fustons Regulations, a copy of which has also
bean asked for ^ith a view to obviating the present
misunderstandings existing bet^n the British merchants of
GrWadur, as also the Sultan Subjects and the ^ ekran Customs
officials.
The Customs Contract of Gana and ^iwni norts
of British -ekran, was in the hands of Jashanmal Udhodas
from 1919 to 19P7, but In iiarch 19P7, the same was taken
by seth Muhammad ♦ Abdullah Bachani and i^and ♦Ali kno^n as
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Bachani Company, at a public auction held at Pasni,
term of the Contract in question is for two years with
I
effect from March 1927, while the r>um for *hich the Contract
was given is Ra. 20000 recoverable in quarterly instalments
of Bs, ?500, often recovered the I^ib "azir * Assam of
: j
1 ekran State, through the Britiafti ^ent, Gwadur*
SANITATION AND DOCTOR,
' ' ' " \
The sanitation and health of the to™n are
both eirtremely poor and may be ascribed to the following
fotir main causes vi^
(I) Utter absence of a Government doctor or
private Practitioner,
. ATlftPnoo ri-e —rff --f-mnt — ' - -
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The file covers political, economic and general matters at Gwadar (which is referred to throughout as ‘Gwadur’). The file includes Annual Report of the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Gwadar for the year 1928, written by the British Agent, M Waris Ali, which includes sections on ancient history; area and population; main villages of the Gwadar territory; languages, religion and instruction; constitution, government and justice; British and state representatives; cases settled during the year under report; defence; passports and certificates of identity; frontier news in brief; shipping, communications and trade; foreign and inland commerce and the way in which both have contributed to bring about a destructive effect on Gwadar trade; fish trade; state customs, finance and baladiah; sanitation and doctor; climate, soil, rainfall and agriculture; production, industries and manufactures; mineralogy; slaves and their manumission; government buildings and their upkeep; government post office and telegraph office; meteorological and aeroplanes; banking and currency; weights and measures; the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; distinguished visitors to Gwadar during the year under report; archaeology; locusts; earthquakes; tides and tempests; and obituary for the late British agent, Raja King Lal Khan, who had committed suicide after going insane one night as a result of ‘super abundance [sic] of passport drudgery and other work mixed with anxieties and cares’.
The file also includes papers relating to communal disturbances at Gwadar between Khojas/Aga Khanis (who were British subjects) and Baluchis (subjects of the Sultan of Muscat). The troubles, which followed allegations of the defilement of a mosque with dung by Khojas, resulted in deaths of two members of the Khoja community, 1929-1932
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (188 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each page. There is also an old foliation system (not circled), numbered 1 (folio 6); then 98 (folio 103) - end of volume.
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- IOR/R/15/1/379
- Title
- 'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 99ar:99bv, 100r:111v, 114r:185v, 186ar:186av, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence